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UNITED STATES JOHN E. LEE, JE., OE BROOKLYN, NEWI YORK, AssIeNoE TooHAELEs E.

PATENT EEIcE;

LINDE, OE SAME PLAGE.

IMPRovEMENT IN BRo'oMs.

Speciication forming part of Letters Patent No. 181,455, dated August22, 1876; application tiled December 21, 1875.

` are made capableof being packed more compactly Afor shipment, and asingle handle can be used for several brooms, thereby avoiding the costof a large portion of the handles which purchasers and users of broomswould require when the broom is made upon the handle and inseparablefrom it.

. The object of my present invention is to produce a construction whichshall render brooms of this class more rm and reliable, less liable toderangement by rough usage in the insertion of the handle, simple intheir structure, easy of construction, and neat in appearance.

One part of my invention consists in the combination, with other partsof a broom, of a tapering socket in the upper part thereof to receivethe handle, and a cap which surrounds the head or upper end of thebroom, substantially as hereinafter more fully set forth. An-

other part of myinvention consists in the combination, with other parts-of a broom, of a tapering socket, a cap, and a binding wound around thehead of the broom, substantially as hereinafter more fully set forth.Another part of said invention consists in the combination, with otherparts of a broom, and with a cap and tapering socket, of a connectionbetween the said cap and the said tapering socket, whereby the saidsocket is prevented from being driven down out of place into the broom,substantially as hereinafter set forth; and said invention alsoconsists, in part,

in the combination, with the brush of the broom, the socket, and thecap, of a flange or outwardly-projecting top, tirmlyafxed to or made apart of the said socket, and extending outward over the top orsomeadjacent portion of the said cap, whereby the said socket isprevented from being driven in out of place,

forth.

Figure 1 is a side View of a broom constructed according to myinvention, the handle being omitted and the lower part of the brush'broken off. Fig; 2is a similar view, with the lexception that a portionof the upper part of the broom is represented as being broken away, andthe tapering socket and cap repre' sented in section.

A is the brush of the broom, which is formed in most respects in thesame manner as ordinarily practiced, and stitched as usual. Instead,however, of the top of the brush part ofthe broom being formed upon apermanent handle, as more ordinarily practiced, it is here formed upon atube or socket, B, tapering '.on the inside thereof', to give a conicalaperture, as shown, for the after insertion of the conical end of thehandle. In the drawings this socket or tube B is represented as' beingmadeof sheet met-al, and consequently being conical externally as wellas internally. C is a cap, which surrounds and covers the head of thebroom. This cap is represented as being made to it snugly around the topof the socket B at its upper end, and the top of the socket is turnedover the edge of the cap, for the purpose of preventing the socket frombeing driven into the broom farther than it should be by the driving' ofthe handle when it is inserted into the socket. socket can be so turnedover by a proper set, or by spinning in a lathe after the broom isformed and the cap put on.

The brush of the broom is formed upon the socket by winding it on withwire or twine, or some other equivalent, wire being preferred, as shownby small circles or dots at a, -in the manner usually practiced informing the head The top of the embodied. Some `slight 'variations`may,however, be made inthe details of construction Without at all departingfrom any of the principles 0r essential features of the invention; and,again, other moderate deviations from theexact description I have givenmay be made, and the principal portions ofthe inven- `tion yet retained.For example, the top of the cap might be turned over with the top ot'the socketV to secure the parts together; the` top of the cap and thetop of the socket might be secured to each other by soldering, o'rpossibly by riveting; or the top ofthe socket might be turned fartheroutward, to meet and rest upon the inwardly-projecting ange 'of the cap,or in some recess in it. Said cap may also be made of any ofthe formsshown or mentioned in the reissued Letters 'Patent No.` 4,706, grantedto Henry A. Lee `andrnyself January 9,1872, or any other form adaptedto. the `purpose may be used. Ido not, however, mean to be understood asrecon] rnending these deviations as being more advautagcous'than` theconstruction I have described, nor, indeed,

asbeing `equally good.

`[claim as `my invention-f 1. The combination, lW' `h `the brush of` abroom, of an internally-taperingsocket to re- 'and the said socket,substantially ashereinbeforeset forth.

et. `The combination, with the brush of aV broom, of a taperingsocketforthe handle, a, cap, and an `outward projection fro'inthe `said socketover thesaid'cap,substantial1y as here-. V inbefore set forth.

v JOHN n. LEE, JR.

Witnesses):

GaAs. F. LINDE, THOAS. P. HOW.

